I learned to embroider when I was a kid, when everyone was really into cross stitch (remember the '80s?). Eventually, I migrated to surface embroidery, teaching myself with whatever I could get my hands on...read more
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I learned to embroider when I was a kid, when everyone was really into cross stitch (remember the '80s?). Eventually, I migrated to surface embroidery, teaching myself with whatever I could get my hands on...read more
Contact Mary
October 23, 2009
Stem stitch is a beautiful rope-like hand embroidery stitch that works great for writing with a needle and thread. There … Continue reading Hand Embroidery: Lettering and Text 4: Stem Stitch
October 22, 2009
I’ve been absent without leave the last few days. My apologies – I’ve been really sick with whatever is going … Continue reading Some Embroidery Related Links and AWOL
October 19, 2009
Remember when you learned penmanship and your teacher had to remind you to dot your i‘s and cross your t‘s? … Continue reading Hand Embroidery: Lettering and Text 3: Dot the I
October 17, 2009
If you’re a hand embroiderer, a quilter, a textile artist, or a crafter, you’ve probably run into situations where you could add words, text, and lettering to your projects.
Hand embroidery is an excellent way to personalize gifts, household objects, momentos, quilts, journal covers – just about anything! Writing with your needle and thread can also be a lot of fun! And while I wouldn’t necessarily advise you to take class notes this way, just think of all the instances in our lives when hand embroidered words could be the perfect form of expression.
There are so many ways you can include a signature, a special quote, or just a simple word on your latest project by using hand embroidery. To help you out, I’ve put together a series of lessons on adding lettering and text to projects with embroidery stitches.
Here’s a list of the 15 tutorials that will take you through the ins and outs of stitching beautiful hand embroidered words!
October 16, 2009
DMC and Coats are both well-known needlework thread producers, world-wide. I marvel at the variety of threads they produce for … Continue reading DMC Alsatian Twist and Coats Ritorto Fiorentino
October 15, 2009
Here’s the first stitching instruction installment for hand embroidered lettering. Yesterday, I showed you the lettering sample I’ll be using … Continue reading Hand Embroidery: Lettering and Text 2
October 14, 2009
Using lettering and text in hand embroidery can be a great way to make personalized needlework items. But sometimes it’s … Continue reading Hand Embroidery: Lettering & Text 1